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Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
but sometimes absent ... - decreased or absent ... - reduced or absent ... diminished or absent ... diminished or absent
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
muscle weakness • Absent ... • Decreased / Absent ... Reflexes: Arms ... nerve roots and cauda ... #neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
unresponsiveness; the absence ... • Vestibulo-ocular ... reflex • Gag ... Casey Albin MD @ ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
muscle weakness, absent ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... nerve roots and cauda ... equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... responsible for most cases ... weeks even in the absence ... Symmetric macular ... Headache, meningitis, ocular
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... irregular lines, nodular ... adiacent alveoli • Absence ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment
Common Ulcers of the Ankles and Feet

Chronic Venous Insuffciency 
This condition usually appears over the medial
diabetic neuropathy, neurologic ... uncomplicated cases ... sensation and absent ... Ankles #Feet #Foot #Clinical ... #Podiatry #Comparison
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
acetate to help with ocular ... the patient was sent ... other potential causes ... Ophthalmicus #HZO #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Prevalence: 1-2 cases ... Clinical Manifestations ... activity on EMG - Absence ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... : decreased or absent ... • Infectious causes ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment